December 03, 2004

One of the most heartening elements of this Gate 3 adventure has been the almost unanimous positive feedback from almost everyone who hears about it. “What a great idea, when are you opening one in..(enter name of a city or town).” And “It’s amazing no one has ever done this before”. And “this is really needed, there are so many people I know who could use it”. And “I would join but…”

And that’s where the problem is coming in – it’s always “someone else” who could use it – well very often. And there’s always one insurmountable problem that makes this a bad time to modify work patterns to include the WorkClub in you your work-style. So while interest is high, it feels like a lot of people are still standing on the sidelines, observing, watching, and waiting to see what happens. And we all know what happens if everyone becomes a spectator and no one wants to throw his or her hat into the ring.

So we’ve been thinking a lot lately about why this is and what we can do about it.

December 01, 2004

Finally getting back to the blog – the first time since I wrote from Findhorn, and what a long time ago that was; and what a lot has happened since then. We opened with a big bash on October 7th with 400 or so friends, supporters and people who came out of pure curiosity. We had a great time and it was worth every bit of the effort – but it took its toll. It drained the team’s energy and in some ways we’re still recovering.

In the past couple of months the WorkClub has “come to be” – we have had a flurry of activity with a lot of people joining and starting to use the club – and of course in ways that we did not predict.